Ghulam Vastanvi removed as VC of Darul Uloom

DEOBAN: Controversial vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi, who had raised the hackles of conservatives by praising Narendra Modi, was on Sunday removed from his post by a powerful body of the institution.

Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani, who was appointed acting vice chancellor after the controversy broke out in January this year, will be the new head of the institution.

"The vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband (Vastanvi) has been removed from his post," Nomani, who is in his 60s, said after a meeting of the powerful Majlis-e-Shura here.

He said while nine members of the committee voted in favour of 60-year-old Vastanvi's removal, four others voted against the move.